The UTC has claimed to be the “rightful custodians of the Sultanate of Sulu Territory” over Sabah and asked the Malaysian government to immediately pay US$15 billion as “cession money.” ...

Mohd Noor also fully supports the Malaysian government's decision to stop the annual payment of RM5,300 to the group claiming to be the heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu following the 2013 attack.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia secured a landmark victory against the purported heirs of the long-defunct Sultanate of Sulu at the Paris Court of Appeal. The court has upheld Malaysia’s challenge ...

In February 2022, he instructed Putrajaya through a French arbitration court to pay US$14.92 billion to the purported descendants of the last sultan of Sulu. Stampa had ruled that Malaysia had ...